i have picture of one I will post later. I bent my panels before aattaching them together. I also made my door in the back where my panels connect. Then I used a old sat. dish for a roof. I will try and get pics up soon. It is still in my backyard. It has not made it to the field yet

Does anyone have a pic of one of these that was on it's ends to make an arch not a circle?

I think I know what you are talking about - making an arch. I've seen people make chicken coops this way and it has occurred to me that it might be a good way to make a cattle panel blind. (When you start by making a circle, making the roof is the hard part.) I haven't thought it through completely but maybe these pics of cattle panel chicken coops will give you some ideas.

My thought is to start by making a rectangular frame out of 2x4’s or 2x6’s and lay it on the ground. You make an arch with the panel, putting the ends inside the frame and secure it with fence staples or something similar. You could close up the ends with more panels then cut a door in the back and a shooting window in the front. You could cover it with brush, tarps, carpet or some combination of the three.

Great job Ol Thumper - I now have a new project to start on! Since I don’t know how to weld I will have to come up with a slightly different version using the same basic design. I’ve been hoarding some artificial Christmas trees I found at a garage sale – I’m thinking of taking them apart and weaving the branches into the panel on the front.

Jerp if aint gonna weld make sure you go over the top on anchoring the panel to the base.. Ive done these before and those panels have a LOT of tension! I evan removed some of the wire strands to make it a lil more flexible.

if you can find a satalite they work well for tops, or you can use pvc bent over from one side to the other and then attached to each other at the top. I know there is a thead w/ pics of them somewhere.

It takes some time to get everything just perfect but its worth it. Once the missle strap is removeoved the top springs back up and you just finish it out. Im starting another panel blind tomorrow so Ill try and do a build along as well.

Ive been wanting to build a bow blind and I seen this last night and thought "awesome." My dad runs a ranch so the cattle panels were no problem just had to patch some holes in the fences I took them from. My only question was how was I gonna build my bottom frame. So what I have so far is 4 2x4's 2@75 inches and 2@69 inches, the longer ones being from pnl to pnl and the others going acrass the panel. I like yours how it bubbles. It looks like you have more room, but I dont want to steal ideas from anyone unless they dont mind. I was gonna do a tarp around for rain but with wind it could be a problem. Im taking pics tomorrow and posting

I will say that you will need help doing this, but once you get it where you want it the rest is a down hill slide. You can do away with the bottom frame all together if you want to, the ends will hold the shape and you can simply run a single rod in the center from one side to the other to hold the center straight. Just food for thought

I had 2 panels and putting them both together seemed a little big so I cut the other one in half and added it on. These panels have been used and are not exactly straight but I havent spent a dime yet. Actually I made money for patching the fence. I already have mine folded over its just waiting on a frame. Im gonna stick with the frame idea for sturdiness I think. Im gonna play with it tomorrow and might have it finished but the camo-ing.